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Happiness and success: Do we have things backwards?
Which comes first - happiness or success? Best-selling author and speaker Shawn Achor offers a talk on how we may have things backwards. Happiness is the joy you feel moving towards your potential. Shawn Achor We haven't featured an inspirational video in some time,...
Key May dates for employee communications
If you are planning employee newsletters, intranets, or other communications, we’ve compiled a list of May events with links to helpful resources from event sponsors or topical experts. Some links include tool kits and social media messages related to the event;...
Making Employee Mental Health a Priority
Updated April 2025 Employee mental health continues to be a front-burner issue in the workplace. We discuss what employers can do to help their employees navigate persistent post-pandemic mental health challenges. Four years ago in March, the World Health Organization...
HR News Roundup: Trust, Taboo Topics, Talent & More
Your employees may not trust you. Here’s what HR can do Tom Starner, Human Resource Exeutive As global uncertainty continues to affect organizations and their workforces, trust in the workplace is needed more than ever—but leaders appear to have significant work ahead...
Key April dates for employee communications
Planning upcoming employee communications? See our list of key April dates & events, along with links to helpful resources. ESI EAP employee members also have access to counseling, coaching and a wealth of online self-help resources, including webinars, health...
Sober curious? We’ve got resources to help
April is National Alcohol Awareness Month, a good time to think about your drinking and the impact on your overall health and well being. If you're sober-curious, we have some resources to help. (Updated February 2026) Gallup has tracked Americans use of and attitudes...
HR News Roundup: Conflict, leadership, layoffs, cannabis & more
Our current HR News Roundup features items on conflict at work, leadership, how to avoid viral layoffs, accommodating cannabis, retirement wave & more. Conflict debt: What it is and why it’s crushing teamwork today Jonathan Kirschner, Human Resource Executive What...
Key March dates for employee communications
Planning upcoming employee communications? See our list of key March dates & events, along with links to helpful resources. Welcome to Spring month, the start of a fresh new season that we will usher in on March 19 regardless of what's going on in the weather. The...
Heart Health: The Best Valentine’s Day Gift of All
Updated 1/26 Which came first - Valentine's Day or American Heart Month? It doesn't really matter, they really go hand in hand. The single best thing you can do for a loved one this Valentine's Day is to look after your own heart health - and to encourage your loved...
HR News Roundup: DEI, engagement, stress, loyalty, dementia & more
This issue of HR News Roundup features items on threats to workplace DEI initiatives, flagging employee engagement, stress, the downward spiral in employer-employee loyalty, dementia in older workers, and more. Be sure to check out news from the lighter side and posts...
Key February dates for employee communications
February is American Heart Month, your chance to practice some self-love by scheduling heart checkups and taking steps to safeguard your heart health through diet and fitness. Heart disease is the number one cause of mortality for both men and women, responsible for...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day – A National Day of Service
In 1983, Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday - January 15 - was recognized as a federal holiday. King is the only non-President whose birthday is a national holiday. By the year 2000, all 50 states had also made it a state government holiday. The day is generally...
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